“That you are, ma cherie, that you are!” I heard Eva announce to us now, “they are all in the kitchen and very much naked, I might add. Andre, R...�gine, Gustave, and Gaston, of course, as well as me. Denis is flying out here soon to meet us somewhere, though I’m not sure if he’ll be alone. And I seem to recall that you persuaded Richard and Cecile to book a red-eye from wherever they were to Paris, too. Don’t worry. We checked you out of your hotel suite, too. It’s going to be crowded, but. All right, I agreed. I stood up and removed my clothes, leaving nothing but my underwearthank god I had altered my usual behavior and chosen to wear underwear. Pass the cards, I told my friend with the deck as I took a seat opposite from Candy. We established the rules of the game and the cards were dealt. I lost the first hand and was forced to remove my bra. I didnt care about being topless in front of my friendsafter all, this was only a fantasybut I knew I couldnt afford to lose another. To his utter surprise, he saw Dawn standing there, looking every inch the young professional in her skirted business suit, her chestnut hair coiffed expertly upon her head. He saw the shine of lip gloss making her look oh so kissable ... It occurred to him that he needed to revise his estimate of her age upward; she had to be in her mid-twenties. He blinked and came out of his stupor."Dawn!" he exclaimed. "What a pleasant surprise!" He stood to offer his hand. Rather than shaking his, she. I am well over it now, and to tell the truth he was never much of a husband. I would have liked children, but in retrospect it was better this way. Richard would have been a terrible father. More interested in my money, than me." That I find hard to believe." Marilyn's face lit up with a smile."Thank you. What about you?" I finished my coffee before I replied. Marilyn refilled my cup."I was married, but her mother thought I would never amount to much, so put lots of pressure on Jane to dump me,.